Reference Services Review: Volume 25 Issue 2

Internet: Let the User Beware

Susan E. Hahn

Every librarian knows undergraduate students rarely evaluate the information they find in a print index, much less what comes from a computer screen. This knowledge is compounded…

Relationship between MARC Files and Print Bibliographies: A Note on Process and Tools

C. Edward Wall

The following two bibliographies were prepared by the authors and submitted to Pierian Press in MARC format to facilitate dual employment of the resources: as a text file in RSR;…

Cancer‐Related Web Sites

Joan M. Shedivy

In this bibliography, Shedivy includes selected Internet resources for four different audiences interested in cancer. Researchers will find sites for searching the CANCERLIT and…

Trauma on the Web! Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder Resources on the World Wide Web

Lisa S. Beall

Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychological condition that became widely discussed after soldiers returned home from the Vietnam War complaining of intrusive thoughts…

Educating Students for the Information Age: The Role of the Librarian

Hannelore B. Rader

Most countries are facing major challenges in educating students from kindergarten through the university for productive lives in the information age. Governments and business…

New Word Sources: A Selective Annotated Bibliography

David Isaacson

Reference questions about recently coined words or phrases or new meanings of old words present library users and librarians with a sometimes bewildering maze of information…

Reference Works from Selected Small Alternative Presses

Byron Anderson

Alternative presses, a subset of small presses, have hundreds of titles in print, many of substantial quality. Most of the titles are unknown to librarians and fall to be included…

The Bloomberg Financial Markets Information Databases: A Simple Introduction to a Complex Financial System

Meri Meredith

In this article, Meredith discusses a financial service that has been available to stockbrokers and investment institutions and is trying to gain acceptance in the academic world…

Library Instruction for the Professions: Information Needs and Libraries

Carol Hammond, Eleanor Mitchell

In this article, Hammond and Mitchell report on a survey of practitioners in four professions: accounting, architecture, psychology, and recreation/tourism. The authors sought…